Red State (2011)

Red State Synopsis

The movie takes direct aim at fundamentalist groups, providing for villains a small, hyper-religious sect who protest funerals for gay people and preach of the imminent rapture. The group is led by a deliberately Fred Phelps-inspired pastor named Abin Cooper (Michael Parks), called "daddy" by the members of his congregation and spouting off fiery sermons to pretty much anyone who will listen. As it turns out, though, Abin doesn't just protest the funerals, but causes them too.

“SModcast Pictures will be taking your show on the road this year, as we apply our Red State touring model to the indie flicks made by you,” Smith writes. “I honestly cannot wait to start finding flicks to take out on the road. Live action, animation, big budget, micro-budget, comedy, drama, horror -- I want you to send ‘em all to SMacquisitions@phase4films.com! Come join the circus!”

The Independent Spirit Award nominations came out a few days ago, and there weren't too many surprises, with buzzed-about indies such as Another Earth and The Artist receiving nominations. One person who wasn't pleased with the noms, however, is filmmaker/full-time podcaster Kevin Smith, who took to Twitter earlier this week to lambast the Spirit awards for not nominating anyone from his horror film Red State.

Can’t get enough Goodman? Boy, are you in luck. The actor currently can be seen in Kevin Smith’s Red State. He also has two films heading to theaters before the end of the year in Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Stephen Daldry’s anticipated Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close opposite Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. He’s currently shooting Ben Affleck’s Argo, and will be heard in multiple animated features

The vast majority of folks don't frequent film festivals and aren't journalists, so Red State remains sight-unseen for most. If you've been wondering what all the hubbub's about, Red State will finally be available for your curious eyeballs right in your own living room this fall. The flick will hit On Demand September 1st, a full six weeks before bowing on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on October 18th.

A trailer with this much profanity and violence is pretty much the only way to accurately depict Red State, a movie that's an odd combination of the slangy, curse-laden dialogue we expect from Smith and the shoot 'em up violence that concludes the film

The October theatrical release is still happening, but it's going to be a one-night-only kind of thing, a virtual recreation of the Red State tour in which a Q&A-- livestreamed from wherever Smith winds up talking-- follows the movie screening

Back in December, Kevin Smith said Merry Christmas by releasing a teaser for his upcoming foray into the horror realm, Red State, but apparently he felt that it wasn’t good enough on its own so he slapped an intro on there and rereleased it

The first trailer for Kevin Smith’s Red State and it looks nothing like a Kevin Smith movie. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, much as I love his movies, in recent years he’s shown a keen interest in experimentation

With the film set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January we can likely expect at least some press materials for the film in the coming weeks. Just yesterday, courtesy of the Sundance press site,

Though Kevin Smith's been talking about submitting his newest film to Sundance for some time now, today marked the official inclusion of Red State into the festival's out-of-competition lineup. Starring the

Now, the filmmakers are harnessing their power for good in order to help promote their upcoming horror flick, Red State - a film about “fundamentalism to the extreme”, whatever that means. The duo have opened up

Unlike, say, Christopher Nolan, Kevin Smith typically has no problem discussing his upcoming projects at length. If you ask him a question on Twitter, he's more than likely to answer it. Since Red State has

With Cop Out, Southwest-gate, and his Twitter-slam against film critics fading into the recesses of memory, Kevin Smith is getting back to what we all really want him to do: writing and directing his own movies.

After years of trying to find financing, Kevin Smith is finally moving forward with his next film, Red State, a horror film based on the Westboro Baptist Church and their insane leader, Fred Phelps, but it's taking

Michael Parks isn't the most notable name in the world, but if you know the works of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino you know his face. One of the most distinct characters of their universe, he is

Red State, you may remember, is the horror project that Smith has indeed been talking about since 2007, which he describes as "so bleak and dark, so bleak that it makes The Dark Knight look like Strawberry Shortcake

Earlier this week Kevin Smith pounded the nail into the coffin of Ranger Danger, the sci-fi project he’s been teasing fans for the past few years. But it looks like it’s better news for Red State, the dark, and unconventional horror film about a religious fundamentalism